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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French plastron, from Italian piastrone, augmentative of piastra (“thin metal plate”), short for impiastro (“plaster”), from Latin emplastrum (compare Spanish emplastro), from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron, “daub, salve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plasˈtɾon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: plas‧trón
Noun
plastrón m (plural plastrones)
- (zoology) plastron
- Synonym: peto
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